Deutscher Ethikrat

The newly composed German Ethics Council met on Thursday, April 28, 2016 for its constituent meeting in Berlin and elected theologian and ethicist Peter Dabrock as its Chair. His Vice-Chairs are neuroscientist Katrin Amunts, psychologist and gerontologist Andreas Kruse, and medical ethicist Claudia Wiesemann.

In its Opinion published today, the German Ethics Council presents recommendations for orienting hospital care towards patient welfare.

In its opinion published today, the German Ethics Council presents recommendations regarding the legal regulation of embryo donation, embryo adoption and assumption of parental responsibility.

The German Ethics Council hosted the 11th Global Summit of National Ethics/Bioethics Committees on 17 and 18 March 2016. Joachim Gauck, the Federal President of Germany, gave the opening address.

Federal Minister Johanna Wanka and international experts discussed on which common basis globally connected research can be carried out in an ethically responsible way.

More than 500 people accepted the invitation of the German Ethics Council to its Annual Conference on 22 May in Berlin to discuss the topic "The Quantified Human – Big Data and Health". Among the speakers was European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, Günther Oettinger.

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Press Release 04/2016 Peter Dabrock elected new Chair of the German Ethics Council

Press Release 03/2016 German Ethics Council calls for anchoring patient welfare as a standard for hospitals

Press Release 02/2016 German Ethics Council recommends legal regulation of the donation and adoption of surplus embryos

Press Release 01/2016 Global Summit of National Ethics Committees in Berlin

Press Release 06/2015 Joint Conference of German Ethics Council and Leopoldina on Ethics and Globalization

Press Release 05/2015 Big Data and health at the focus of the German Ethics Council's Annual Conference

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